Sergio Mendes On ‘Rio’ Soundtrack And Paul McCartney Tribute

Sergio Mendes's work on the 2011 animated film "Rio" has earned the legendary musician an Oscar nomination for "Music (Original Song)" for his recording, "Real In Rio."

In an exclusive video interview with Yahoo! Music, Mendes discussed his special connection to the second largest city in Brazil on which the movie is based. "It felt great," he said. "Rio is my hometown and the director Carlos Saldanha was also born in Rio, so it was a familiar thing to me. To work on that type of scenery was so much joy for me to be a part of it because it's something that I grew up with--those sounds, those rhythms, the colors. So, it just like a wonderful ride and now to be nominated for an Oscar is like an even bigger honor and joy."